Agri-Trend’s Farm Forum event was held December 2nd to 4th at the TCU place in Saskatoon, Sask. You can watch video highlights from the show below.
You can follow the activity on twitter with this widget for #FFE14.
Here are a collection of stories produced by The Western Producer reporters:
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Agriculture ministers agree to AgriStability changes
federal government proposed several months ago to increase the compensation rate from 80 to 90 per cent and double the maximum payment from $3 million to $6 million
Poor harvest in India sends yellow peas up
Yellow pea prices should rise next year because of pulse production problems in India, says an analyst.
“I think we’re going to $8 (per bushel) on yellow peas,” Marlene Boersch, managing partner of Mercantile Consulting Venture, told Agri-Trend’s 2014 Farm Forum Event. (full story)
Markets weaker but profits remain
Margins will be tighter next year, but most facets of farming will still be using the black ink cartridge, says Farm Credit Canada.
J.P. Gervais, FCC’s chief agricultural economist, told Agri-Trend’s 2014 Farm Forum Event that grain and oilseed prices are down and input costs are up, but there is still money to be made in grain farming. (full story)
Shallow banding urea discouraged
Farmers who band urea must make sure they do it deep, says an agronomist and fertilizer specialist who has been studying the consequences of shallow banding urea.
Otherwise, they are better off broadcasting it. (full story)
China’s soybean oil glut slows canola exports
Expect lacklustre canola sales to China next year, says a grain trader.
Canola crush margins are terrible in China, and there isn’t much prospect of improvement.
“We haven’t seen demand for months,” said Glen Pownall, managing director of Peter Cremer Canada. (full story)
Non-GM flax variety in limbo
A breeding project that was supposed to bring flax into the 21st century has stalled.
The Flax Council of Canada has stopped funding a multimillion-dollar project to develop a non-genetically modified herbicide tolerant line of flax. (full story)
Industry praises flax growers for reducing Triffid from system
The Flax Council of Canada says growers have made tremendous strides in ridding the system of an unwanted genetically modified variety.
“We’ve come a long way,” said council president Don Kerr.
“We’re still seeing the odd positive test, but the numbers are reduced considerably.” (full story)
Malting barley in short supply
The demand for malting barley may be increasing, but the amount being produced has put Canada in a tough situation.
At the Agri-Trend Farm Forum held in Saskatoon Dec. 3, Lorelle Selinger addressed what the lack of barley means for Canada, and North America as a whole. (full story)
Rebounding acres, higher levy ease financial pressure
The Flax Council of Canada is on better financial footing thanks to a levy increase and a rebound in acres.
Acres plummeted after the 2009 discovery of an unwanted GM flax variety in the seed supply decimated sales to Europe. (full story)
Profitable canola requires all the inputs
Don’t forget about the revenue side of the business when making decisions on the farm, producers were advised last week. (full story)
